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<title><![CDATA[U.S. goal: No more homeless vets Worthy Effort]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[One winter morning a couple of years ago, I was shoveling snow that had fallen overnight when someone said, "I could do that for you."]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Releasing the Prisoners: Unpleasant task is only valid option]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Gov. Bev Perdue's decision last week to prevent the Department of Corrections from releasing inmates was terribly misguided and ignored the rule of law. While it is certainly understandable why the governor would want to protect the victims and the public from inmates who were convicted of such violent crimes, ignoring the law is not a solution. It undermines confidence in our legal system, not to mention that it costs taxpayers more in the long run.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Mom in Chief' A year later, Michelle Obama wins ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[In the year since her husband was elected president, Michelle Obama has become a surprise hit.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Speakout]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[<i><b>Q</b>Do the ethics questions concerning former Gov. Mike Easley underscore the need for more ethics reform in North Carolina state government?</i>]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:55:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Meeting the needs of those in the community]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Since 1986, Crisis Control Ministry has operated a licensed free pharmacy, the first in North Carolina. As is the norm for our ministry, we create programs and services based on the needs of those who live in our community. Unfortunately, it was and still is the case that individuals and families find themselves having to choose between purchasing doctor-prescribed medications and buying groceries. In 23 years, our pharmacy has grown from a closet-sized space into a building of its own, with three full-time staff members and over 50 volunteers. Last year alone, the pharmacy staff filled 26,495 prescriptions for more than 1,700 individuals. This medication was valued at $2.5 million, but only cost the ministry $226,000.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Speakout Results]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/oct/25/241930/7/opinion-columnists-other/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[<i>Q: Do you agree that President Obama should not commit troops to Afghanistan until it is clear the central government can be a credible and effective U.S. partner?</i>]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:30:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bring down drug prices by lifting barriers to generics]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, as a medical student at Duke University, I saw a patient with Crohn's disease, an inflammatory intestinal disease associated with substantial disability and mortality that affects more than 500,000 individuals nationwide. This patient required hospitalization for a flare that she attributed to not being able to afford the month's Humira, a biologic medicine used to treat severe, active Crohn's disease.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Monument to a hero stands in Winston-Salem]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Happy 275th birthday, Daniel Boone. It is not so often we get to acknowledge such an occasion. No one lives to enjoy appropriate adulation on a remarkable day like that, of course; but also, the lives of so few people make such an impact that we still recall them and their contributions two-and-three-quarter centuries later. Daniel Boone is certainly one of those noteworthy Americans, and he has a strong connection to North Carolina and to the Piedmont.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hyperbole R Us - Outrageous statements grab our attention]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The tenor of today's so-called political debate brings to mind Oscar Wilde's observation, "Nothing succeeds like excess."]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Immediate risk needs our attention By Dr. Richard Fireman and G. Richard Mode]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[No one is immune. We all are at risk, and we are placing all of our descendants at risk. There is no escape unless we act immediately, boldly, and with determination to do the right thing. It is not just polar bears that are in danger. All life is vulnerable to one degree or another from the rapidly accelerating effects of climate change.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Play your role in introducing children to nature]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[North Carolinians are preparing for a weeklong celebration that few of us are aware of. Today begins Take a Child Outside Week -- organized and sponsored locally by the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences. It will come and go with little fanfare, but it is only the third year of the event. (The museum provides a list of suggested activities on its Web site: www.naturalsciences.org.)]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ex-president's words  won't help Obama]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[In 2006 Jimmy Carter told PBS' Charlie Rose about Barack Obama, "I just don't think he's got the proven substance or experience to be president."]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Aggressive ideology is source of real danger]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[With the arrest of several individuals in Caswell County, as terrorism suspects aspiring to engage in jihad, and our recent commemoration of the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York City, Washington and Pennsylvania, it is important that we understand the nature of the conflict in which we are engaged. I want to share some insights about the ideology of jihadism that are based upon my work in the study of the discourse of terrorism and specifically jihadism. These comments are part of a talk that I gave recently at the World Summit on Counter-Terrorism held in Israel.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Baby boomers feeling threatened by younger Obama's risky ideas]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of Woodstock and the return of Beatlemania, here's another blast from the past: "Don't trust anybody over 30!"]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Waiting for Obama: A time for fresh starts - and the president needs one ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[As Paulette gave my hair a late-summer trim, I asked what she thinks now of the president who won her vote.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flexible spending accounts, and tax savings in jeopardy]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Much of the recent attention and debate about health-care reform has surrounded insurance coverage and the questions of who will be covered and how that coverage will be provided. Health-reform discussion has placed less emphasis on the equally significant issue of cost.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sick workers should just stay home]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[It sounds like the plot of a horror movie:]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Not too late to foster a new attitude]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Several smart journalists were on a public-radio talk show the other day, calmly and dispassionately discussing health-care reform, when something surprising happened.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Let's give priority to the patients]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The current health-care reform debate is both complex and emotional. After all, there's hardly a soul in America who won't be affected in some way by this debate. The complexity and emotion involved mean that sometimes all the facts don't make their way onto the table and clarifications must be made.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HEALTH CARE: LBJ's success has become Obama's problem]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[President Lyndon Johnson, signing Medicare into law 44 years ago, triumphantly predicted better lives not only for the elderly but also for younger Americans.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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